Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan, in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum / by H.B. Walters.

  • British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities
Date:
1899
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Credit: Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan, in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum / by H.B. Walters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    535. Female Figure. She stands with 1. leg slightly advanced, r. hand extended, and 1. placed on hip ; she has two rows of curls over the forehead, and wears a peaked cap, sphcndont, earrings, necklace, and long Ionic chiton. Ht. 4] in. Feet broken. 536. Female Figure. She stands with feet together and 1. hand muffled in drapery ; her hair is gathered in a formal mass behind, and she wears a wreath, long chiton, and himation over 1. shoulder, embroidered with stars ; the eyes are pierced. Ht. 5i in. Millingen Coll., 1847. Right fore-arm lost. The figure stands on a high circular plinth with flat square top (original). 537. Female Figure. She leans backwards, with hands straight down by her sides ; her hair falls low down on the forehead and in long parallel wavy tresses behind ; she wears close-fitting drapery (?) and shoes with turned-up toes. Ht. 3! in. Coarse work ; very flat. Original base. 538. Female Figure. She stands with 1. foot advanced, r. hand on hip, 1. extended palm upwards ; she wears a peaked cap, long sleeved chiton with border of chevrons and circles, and shoes with turned-up toes. Ht. 4! in. Hamilton Coll. 85. Very rude. 539. Female Figure in relief. It has been attached to some piece of furniture, with a spike for insertion, on which is a large lotos-bud ; on this the figure moves to r. in the archaic running manner, with hands on her knees ; she wears a tutiilus, long chiton and himation with borders, and shoes with turned-up toes. Ht. 41 in. Todi, 1887. B. ARCHAIC ETRUSCAN MIRRORS (540-553). 540. Satyr and Maenad. On the 1. a nude ithyphallic Satyr plays on the double flutes ; he stands on r. leg, and with 1. keeps time to the music ; his face is obliterated. Before him dance a Maenad and a Satyr to 1., the Maenad looking to r., with r. hand raised ; she wears bracelets, shoes, and long sleeved chiton and himation over r. shoulder ; her chiton does not cover the pubes. The Satyr is bearded and ithyphallic, and wears a fillet and panther’s skin ; he raises 1. arm over his head, and with r. endeavours to grasp the Maenad. Diam. 6j in. Ht. 9 in. 1853. Gerhard, Etr. Spiegel, iv. p. 8, Paralipomena, 236^*; v. pi. 38, p. 49. Fine archaic style. In exergue, palmette and tendrils ; round the design, ivy-wreath. The surface is much damaged by corrosion and the details obscured. 541. Woman between two Men. In the centre is a woman to 1., holding up her skirt with 1. hand ; she wears a tutulus and himation. Confronting her is a bearded man gesticulating with both hands as if conversing ; he wears a conical cap and chlamys. On the r. is a beardless man with r. foot advanced, gesticulating with r. hand, of which the fore-finger is extended ; he wears a chlamys over 1. arm, and in l. hand is a myrtle-branch. On the extreme 1. is a
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